Both winners already had some pleasant memories of Monterrey, as Babos won her first WTA title in singles here last year and Date-Krumm was runner-up last year in doubles with Zhang Shuai. Their only set surrendered as a pairing this year was in a quarterfinal defeat of Gabriela Dabrowski and Alla Kudryavtseva despite Date-Krumm having to retire from her singles opener with a back injury.

Interestingly enough, Babos' three WTA doubles titles have come with three different partners at three different events and Date-Krumm's five have come with five different partners at five different events.

Just one of those titles came during the first phase of Date-Krumm's career that saw her retire in 1996. But since returning to the WTA full-time in 2009, she has picked up four more WTA doubles titles - four times adding her name to the list of Open Era doubles titlists 40 and older: